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Tracy Shawn

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Fiction, Contemporary, Domestic Fiction

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Anne Tyler

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Tracy Shawn loves being a guest author at book clubs--online or in person! She is the author of The Grace of Crows, Second Edition about a woman overcoming anxiety and Floating Underwater about a woman dealing with a third miscarriage. Her writing has appeared in literary journals as well as print and online newspapers and magazines. Here's her author link on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/tracyshawn. You may contact her via her website at: https://www.tracyshawn.com
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Average rating: 3.65 · 115 ratings · 53 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Grace of Crows, Second Edition 3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Floating Underwater 3.53 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tracy Shawn liked Sarah Jensen's review of Floating Underwater: "Book Review: Floating Underwater by Tracy Shawn A Lyrical Dive into Healing and Mysticism Tracy Shawn’s Floating Underwater is a mesmerizing blend of psychological depth and magical realism, following the journey of a woman grappling with grief, identi" Read more of this review »
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Tracy Shawn liked Jill M. Bryan's review of Floating Underwater: "I really liked this book. It took a minute to get into because I was not in the right headspace and when I came back to finish it, I really enjoyed the story. I think it is kind of a cozy mystery, a little psychology, a little small town mystery, and" Read more of this review »
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“You are not alone...please know that hope can fly in on the most unexpected of wings.”
― Tracy Shawn, The Grace of Crows

tags: anxiety, compassion-wisdom, psychology-of-self

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Tracy’s Quotes

“Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. It is time to acknowledge this, perhaps even to learn to do it better.”
― Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher

tags: anxiety, philosophy-of-life, psychology

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“You are not alone...please know that hope can fly in on the most unexpected of wings.”
― Tracy Shawn, The Grace of Crows

tags: anxiety, compassion-wisdom, psychology-of-self

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“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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